From inNiagaraRegion: Somewhere locomotive fanatic Sheldon Cooper’s head just exploded. Granted while he’s just a fictional character on a TV show, the two pieces just added to the Niagara Railway Museum are anything but make-believe. As the museum explains it, John Holer, the initial owner of Marineland, bought the two locomotives from Yugoslavian company, Duro…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Marineland will return to court Feb. 23 to answer to 11 charges of animal cruelty. Lawyers for the Niagara Falls tourist attraction requested and received a deferral during a brief appearance Thursday morning at Provincial Offences Court. Marineland owner John Holer did not attend.
From Inside Halton: Marineland and its owner John Holer have ramped up the legal machine, filing defamation suits against a pair of news publications. On the heels of a $600,000 suit being filed in Ontario Superior Court against the online Digital Journal, the park has filed suit against Vancouver publication The Georgia Straight. As with…
From Yahoo! Canada Celebrity: Deadmau5 may have sold his Purrari, but he has some new animals on his mind. The Niagara Falls native has come out in protest of his hometown’s theme park and aquarium, Marineland, for keeping animals captive. On Monday, the 33-year-old music producer wrote a blog on his website entitled “Deer Marineland,”…
From Niagara This Week: The co-founder of Marineland Animal Defense says demonstrations will continue, but they will be obeying new restrictions laid out by the court last week. Justice Richard Lococo imposed three several restrictions last Friday morning at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the case of Dylan Powell against Marineland Canada. The interim injunction…
From Niagara This Week: An animal rights activist who filed a complaint with Niagara Regional Police after a confrontation with Marineland owner John Holer has dismissed a lawsuit filed against him by the park. “Their Statement of Claim is frivolous and has almost nothing to do with me, personally,” Mike Garrett said after he was served…
From Niagara This Week: It was far from quiet at City Hall on Tuesday as demonstrators protested outside council chambers for the second consecutive council meeting. As city councillors dealt with motions, zoning changes and other regular council business inside, demonstrators from Marineland Animal Defense — a self-described campaign of concerned citizens determined to end…
The Toronto Star has an interesting article where they share details of emails that Mayor Jim Diodati and his assistant sent back and forth and how they tried to craft their message about the Marineland crisis. It’s a case study in political spinning — the good and the bad. Last August, Niagara Falls, Ont., Mayor…
From Sun News: Marineland has filed its second lawsuit in less than a month. This time the marine-animal theme park is taking aim at Marineland Animal Defense founder Dylan Powell. The statement of claim was filed at the St. Catharines courthouse Friday afternoon. It asks for a permanent restraint from Powell and his company from…
From the Toronto Star: Marineland owner John Holer is trying to acquire another killer whale for his tourist park, according to the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Association director Bill Peters told the Star he believes Marineland had a another killer whale lined up to join lone Kiska, but it fell through. Now “they…